Nursing-bottle.



C.. P. BBERLEY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.. 30, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8,1910.

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NURSING-BOTTLE narnia.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mara. 8, c1910.,`

Application filed March 30. 1909. Serial No. 486,684. V

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Be itknown that l, CHARLES l?. Ennnnnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Nursing-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to newn and useful improvements in bottles, and moreparticularly to nursing bottles. v

The object of the invention is lto' provide a bottle so arranged that it may be separated into horizontal sections, thereby rendering it more readily cleansed and also more easily filled with the milk or other food.

A still further feature lies in the provision of a rubber cap so arranged as to hold the sections firmly-together, and act-ing also as a protection to the upper part of the bottle to prevent the same from being easily broken.

Finally, the obiect of the invention is to provide a bottle of the character described that will be of simple arrangementand construction, inexpensive to make, and one which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particular relation to certain novel features, an example of Which'is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper and lower sections of the bottle, detached, the rubber cap being omitted. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View, with the two sections combined and the rubber cap in position, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the rubber cap for holding the sections together.

Referring now more particularly to -the drawings, wherein like numerals of-refer`- ence designate similar parts in all the iigures, the numeral l designates -the upper section ofthe bottle. prises the neck and any desired portion of the body of the bottle, and is so shouldered at its lower portion as to closely 'tit uponv the lower section 2, the upper portion of which is correspondingly shouldered.. This lower section, which primarily comprises the main body of the bottle, is provided near its to with a flange 3 encirc ing the rim and s ightly overhanging to afford a This section com-4 secure retention to the i'ubber cap 4, which it holds in place. This rubber cap carries on its lower rim an inwardly projecting flange 5 of such shape as to slip easily over the sloping lateral surface of the corre sponding ange 3 andt snugly beneath its-under surface. The flange 5 is to be of ay diameter slightly less than that of the body of the bottle so that the elasticity of the rubber will permit it to expand in slipping over the flange 3 and there contract sufficiently to hold the cap 4 securely in place and thus hold sections 1 and 2 rmlyllt is to be noted that a rubber gasket, designated in the drawing by nu.-'

together.

meral G, may be placed between the sections so as to prevent leakage and make a lighter connection.

This bottle is a manifest improvement form of connection, inasmuch as the rubber.

cap may be more quickly attached and ref moved, and it also overcomes the objectionable feature of threaded bottles that their threads are apt to warp and become mis- Vshapen in molding. A still further advantage in the use of a rubber cap, rather than a threaded connection, lies in the protection against breakage afforded to the upper bottle portion by the cap.

What ll claim, is:

llin a two part nursing bottle, the combination with a lower bottle section, provided with an overhanging flange on the upper portion of its outer surface, and having a circular recessed seat inthe upper portion of its'inner surface, of a shorter upper bottle section having a reduced neck portion and having a recess encircling the lower edge of its outer surface whose top is ada ted to rest upon said recessed seat of the ower portion, a resilient (packing.inter-4 `posedl between the upper an CII A of the bottle and to rest upon the shoulders thereof forming i a protection for the upper bottle section,

an inwardly extending ange being pro-i vided to the lower edge of said cap adapted 5 to engage beneath sald overhanging fiange to be passed over the neck of the lower bottle section.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

CHAS. PIELLEP EBERLEY.

Witnesses GERTRUDE M. SWIFT, Roy W. CURNUTT. 

